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The ALJ concluded that AACPS was able to implement the student’s IEP during the 2009-2010 school year and that the placement proposed by the school system for the 2010-2011 school year would provide the student with a FAPE. As a result, the ALJ concluded that the parents are not entitled to reimbursement for their unilateral placement.

The ALJ concluded that the IEP proposed by BCPS for the 2011-2012 school year offered the student a FAPE in the least restrictive environment and therefore denied the parent’s request for the student to be assigned to another public school.

The ALJ concluded that the IEP implemented by FCPS for the 2009-2010 school year did not provide the student with a FAPE and that, as a result, the parents were entitled to reimbursement of tuition for their unilateral placement of the student. However, the ALJ further concluded that the parents were not entitled to reimbursement for the travel expenses they incurred in transporting the student to school and were not entitled to the prospective placement of the student.

The ALJ concluded that the parents did not meet their burden of proof to demonstrate that the IEP was not reasonably calculated to provide the student with a FAPE in the least restrictive environment. As a result, the ALJ determined that the parents were not entitled to reimbursement for tuition and expenses for their unilateral placement.

The ALJ concluded that the IEP and placement was reasonably calculated to offer the student a FAPE. As a result, the ALJ denied the parents’ request that MCPS fund the cost of an nonpublic educational placement.

The ALJ determined that once PGCPS became aware of its failure to implement the student’s IEP, it corrected the error and provided the student with compensatory education services. The ALJ also concluded that the IEP was reasonably calculated to provide the student with meaningful educational benefit and that the school system provided the student with a FAPE. As a result, parent’s request for compensatory education or a nonpublic placement was denied.

The ALJ concluded that the parents failed to establish that the IEPs that had been implemented by PGCPS since the start of the 2009-2010 school year had not been reasonably calculated to offer the student educational benefit. The ALJ further concluded that the placement was reasonably calculated to offer the student a FAPE.

Contact Information

Maryland State Department of EducationDivision of Special Education/Early Intervention Services